Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.30.17
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRemembering Kṛṣṇa Among His Companions
“Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Kṛṣṇa’s killing of the demon Vatsāsura, represented by another gopī, and a pair of gopīs acted out the killing of Bakāsura.”
What the purport teaches
- Two gopīs acted as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, surrounded by others playing the cowherd boys.
- One gopī enacted Kṛṣṇa’s killing of Vatsāsura, with another representing the demon.
- A pair of gopīs also acted out the killing of Bakāsura, continuing their remembrance of Kṛṣṇa’s activities.
Try this today
Read this verse aloud, giving careful attention to each activity of Kṛṣṇa that the gopīs remembered.
Ask yourself
What does the gopīs’ shared enactment show you about remembering Kṛṣṇa together?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.